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Correus

d. 51 BCE · 1st century BCE

Correus was a leader of the Bellovaci, a Belgic people of northern Gaul. In 51 BCE, after Vercingetorix's defeat, he led the Bellovaci and their allies in a renewed revolt against Julius Caesar. He was killed fighting after refusing to surrender when his force was trapped, an episode described in the eighth book of Caesar's Gallic War, written by Aulus Hirtius.

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